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1939–1945: global campaigns and the war’s enduring legacy.
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81 Years Later, General Anthony McAuliffe’s 1-Word Reply to a German Surrender Demand Is Still the Greatest Rebuttal in US Army History
4+ hour, 1+ min ago (368+ words) Brig. Gen. Anthony McAuliffe, acting commander of the 101st Airborne at Bastogne, replied “Nuts!” on December 22, 1944, when Panzer Lehr demanded the town’s surrender....
The US Navy Beached the 27,500-Ton Battleship USS Nevada at Pearl Harbor After 6 Bomb Hits and 1 Torpedo. She Was Repaired, Shelled Normandy on D-Day, Survived 2 Atomic Bombs at Bikini, Then Took 5 Days of Naval Gunfire Before 1 Aerial Torpedo Finally Sank Her on July 31, 1948.
9+ hour, 5+ min ago (751+ words) Now we take a look at USS Nevada’s remarkable, hardscrabble history. USS Nevada Creative Commons Image Battleship USS Nevada. Image: Creative Commons. USS Nevada. Image Credit: Creative Commons. BB-36 was the third USN vessel to bear the USS Nevada moniker…...
The Imperial Japanese Navy Built the 72,000-Ton Yamato With 9 18.1-Inch Guns, the Largest Ever Mounted on Any Warship. They Never Fired on an American Battleship. About 390 US Navy Aircraft Sank Her in Roughly 2 Hours on April 7, 1945.
12+ hour, 22+ min ago (573+ words) Each of Yamato's three turrets weighed about 2,774 tons — as much as a destroyer. Her guns could reach 25 miles. They never engaged the ship type they were built to destroy....
US Military Quote of the Week by US Army General George S. Patton: “Nobody ever defended anything successfully; there is only attack and attack and attack some more.”
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (482+ words) George Patton led Renault FT tanks at Saint-Mihiel and was shot in the thigh at Cheppy on September 26, 1918. In December 1944 he turned the Third Army north; the 4th Armored Division reached Bastogne on December 26....
US Army Quote of the Day by US Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower: “I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.”
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (429+ words) In 1942 Dwight D. Eisenhower led Operation Torch in French North Africa. Two years later he commanded Operation Overlord, the June 6, 1944 invasion of France, with Patton and Bradley under him....
Decades Later, General George Patton’s Best US Army Line On Courage Is Still the Greatest Military Quote in Armed Forces History
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (394+ words) At Verdun, Patton told Eisenhower the Third Army could attack north in 48 hours. On December 26, 1944, Creighton Abrams’s 4th Armored opened a corridor into Bastogne....
France's Leclerc Main Battle Tank Might Not Be the US Army's M1 Abrams or the Challenge 2 In Terms of Combat Power, But It Can Still Pack A Punch on Any Battlefield
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (825+ words) In most mainstream discussions about modern Main Battle Tanks (MBTs), the Leclerc is often and somewhat unfairly overshadowed by its peers. Unlike the M1 Abrams, Challenger 2, or Leopard 2 tanks, all of which have had eventful service lives, the Leclerc has not…...
I Am a Retired US Army Special Forces NCO: The AK-47 Weighs 7.7 Pounds, Cycles at 600 Rounds a Minute, and Is Good to About 350 Meters. Between 40,000,000 and 100,000,000 Have Been Built. The Entire M16, M4 and AR-15 Family Totals About 20,000,000.
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (744+ words) Kalashnikov's trick was not precision. It was the opposite — loose tolerances, a tapered case that extracts from a filthy chamber, and a free-floating firing pin. Sand gets in. The AK-47 runs....
Dograi: The Night Courage Crossed the Canal
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (728+ words) Wars are eventually reduced to maps, ceasefire lines, captured territory and official communiqués. Yet some battles refuse to remain confined to military history. They become something larger — a measure of leadership, courage and the extraordinary things ordinary soldiers can accomplish…...